Dr. Hemmo Bosscher works as an anesthesiologist and interventional pain specialist in Lubbock, TX. Patients gave him an average rating of 4.0 stars out of 5. Dr. Bosscher is an in-network provider for Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze, Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO, and more. His practice is open to new patients. His education and training includes medical school at the University of Amsterdam Faculty of Medicine and VU University Medical Center and residency at UMass Memorial Medical Center. Dr. Bosscher has received distinctions including Burroughs Welcome Scholarship, ASA Conference and San Francisco, CA 10-1991.. Dr. Bosscher (or staff) speaks the following foreign languages: Spanish and Dutch.

Dr. Johnny Qubty's areas of specialization are anesthesiology and interventional pain medicine; he sees patients in Lubbock, TX. Dr. Qubty has received a 3.5 out of 5 star rating by his patients. He accepts Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze, and Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO, as well as other insurance carriers. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine.

Dr. David Hagstrom's area of specialization is interventional pain medicine. Dr. Hagstrom has a 3.0 out of 5 star average patient rating. He accepts Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Blue Cross Blue Shield Bronze, and Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO, in addition to other insurance carriers. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.

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What is Interventional Pain Medicine?

Interventional pain medicine is a specialty that is devoted to the management of pain through medical procedures, without the routine use of prescription medications. Usually practiced by anesthesiologists or pain medicine specialists, this subspecialty has had a marked increase in demand in recent years, as the illegal abuse of narcotic painkillers has become a nation-wide problem.

Interventional pain medicine physicians must be adept at diagnosing their patients. Until they can accurately pinpoint the source of the pain, it can be difficult to treat it effectively. In some cases, the pain has an obvious cause, such as the hurt experienced when healing after surgery or when dealing with some cancers. In other cases, there is no obvious problem causing the pain, and the pain itself is the issue. This can be the case with chronic lower back pain, migraines, neuropathies, and other disorders.

There are many treatment options that interventional pain medicine doctors might use to ease a patient’s pain, ranging from non-invasive to minimally invasive. Some of these treatments are:

Physical therapy

Epidurals

Nerve blocks

Facet injections, which are injections of small amounts of anesthetic into the joints of the spine

Radiofrequency denervation, or the use of radio waves to stop painful nerves from firing

Spinal cord stimulation, or the use of electrical currents along the spine to interfere with the transmission of pain signals

Implanted intrathecal or epidural injection drug delivery systems

Reducing pain doesn’t just help you feel better -- it allows you to become more active and increases your ability to heal. The goal of interventional pain medicine is to help people who are hurting to get back to working, playing, sleeping, and enjoying their life fully.